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[tom poe <tompoe AT amihost.com>]

Hi:  I can't stand this.  I just came across a newsday.com article from
the L.A. Times, putting the word out that the WMD mystery has been
solved.  The world's intelligence agencies, i.e., U.S. and British, were
"duped" into believing there were WMD programs going in Iraq. 
Unbelievable.  I have to find a forum for discussing this, and figure
out if Bush and Blair are going to be able to make this crap stick.  Any
suggestions?  Good email list?  Forum?
Thanks, Tom

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-woiraq283431623aug28,0,457689.story?coll=ny-worldnews-headlines
Iraqi Stockpiles a Ruse?
U.S. investigating whether false information was planted
Los Angeles Times
August 28, 2003

" As evidence, officials say former Iraqi intelligence agents have
confirmed since the war that Iraq sent "double agents" disguised as
defectors to the West to plant fake intelligence. In other cases,
Baghdad apparently tricked real defectors into funneling phony tips
about weapons production and storage sites."

"They were shown bits of information, and led to believe there was an
active weapons program, only to be turned loose to make their way to
Western intelligence sources," said the senior intelligence official.
"Then, because they believe it, they pass polygraph tests ... and the
planted information becomes true to the West even if it was all made up
to deceive us."

There is growing concern, said another U.S. intelligence official, that
"people were just telling us what we wanted to hear."